Guide-loop for checkreins



(No Model.)

B. D. STANSBURY. GUIDE LOOP FOR GHEGKRBINS.

$10,566,033. Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH D. STANSBURY, OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.

GUIDE-LOOP FOR CHECKREINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,033, dated August18, 1896.

Application filed April 9, 1896. Serial No. 586,808. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

n Be it known that I, ELIJAH D. STANSBURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Plymouth, in the county of Marshall, State ofIndiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guide-Loopsfor Checkreins, of which the following is a specification.

It is a fact well known to horsemen that in the use of both double andsingle harness where collars and hames and breast-harness are used thecheckrein is constantly becoming tangled with the hame-rings, thedrivingreins, and about the hame-tips, and that the manes of the horsesare out and worn off in places where the constant rubbing of thecheckrein upon the neck takes place. This tangling of the checkreins isextremely annoyin g to both the driver and the animal, and the wearingaway of the mane at certain points not only renders the horse unsightly,but often leads to a gall or sore on the neck which is very difficult tocure while the animal is in use.

The object of my invention is to furnish an exceedingly cheap and simpledevice to support the checkrein and hold it under the mane and out ofthe way of parts of the harness with which it might become entangled,and at the same time to produce a device through which the checkreinwill freely slide; and my invention consists in a loop of certainconstruction to be connected to the upper hame-strap or shoulder-strapand through which the checkreins are to be passed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate, in

Figure 1, a pair of hames with my invention applied to the strap whichconnects the upper ends thereof. Fig. 2 is a modification. Fig. 3 is asectional view of my guide-loop.

The hames are indicated by the letter A, the strap at the upper ends by.B, and my guide and protector by O. This guide is preferably, althoughnot necessarily, formed of sheet metal of proper width and having theedges doubled over upon the inside of the loop, as at a, and a loop I)for the strap is either formed integrally with the guide or at tachedthereto. From the loop the body portion of the guide is curved downwardat opposite sides (at c) to engage the strap by sufficient friction toprevent the loop from sliding too freely, and the central portion of theupper part of the guide is bent downward at cl to assist in holding thetwo members of the checkrein in proper position.

The checkrein is designated by the letter 6.

When my guide and protector has been applied to the hame-strap, it neednot be removed when the harness is taken from the horse, but is apermanent part of the harness.

The device may be made of wire instead of sheet metal, and instead ofthe loop I) being a closed loop it may consist of inwardly-extendingfingers to inclose the strap, and could thus be applied without unbucklin g the strap from the hames.

My guide is extremely simple, can be manufactured at a small cost, andserves a veryuseful purpose.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- A guide-loop forcheokreins, comprising a closed loop formed from sheet metal with theedges of the blank turned inward to provide smooth edges, a strap-loopsecured under the guide-loop and at right angles thereto, saidguide-loop being bent downward at opposite sides of the strap-loop tobear upon the strap to prevent shifting, the top of the guide-loop beingcentrally depressed to prevent the checkreins from crossing, saidguide-loop being attached to the upper hame-strap, substantially asdescribed.

ELIJ AH D. STANSBURY.

